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Dev tools · April 1, 2012

A Lisp-based in-browser toy operating system

Lisp-based in-browser toy operating system. Contribute to AlexNisnevich/ECMAchine development by creating an account on GitHub.

A Lisp-based in-browser toy operating system launched on April 1, 2012 with 156 votes, #10 of 446 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 14 years on.

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In plain words

ECMAchine is a Lisp-based toy operating system that runs in a web browser. It is designed for developers interested in exploring functional programming concepts and operating system fundamentals through an interactive, browser-based environment. The project is open source and available on GitHub for contributions and development.

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